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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
enough.” For Mike and other penitents among Los Angeles’s 100,000 gang members, the decision to remove gang-related tattoos, or “tats,” shows a fundamental commitment to change — the necessary laser treatments are lengthy, expensive,... View Details
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
GTB's founders felt it was imperative to try. They set out to build a bank that would be known for its workplace innovations, outstanding customer service, superior financial results, and exemplary corporate citizenship. In general, though, it is easier to meld ethical... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
Canada, Latin America, United Kingdom, and the US, and (2) when companies commit themselves to diverse leadership, they are more successful. One response to the research is to disagree with the premise and methodology. Studies like these... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
lots of hands go up. Over time they end up developing a negative emotion to that alarm clock. What's outwardly a low-impact $10 commitment is actually the source of deep feelings because sleep is so central to our lives." (According... View Details
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Mireya Iglesias Ayala
with Mexico or OXXO. I had a lot of fun sharing my perspective! What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll be leaving with? I brought with me a metaphorical "compass"—an innate sense of direction fueled by my ambitions and View Details
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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity
of Business Administration Amy W. Schulman is an accomplished business leader, widely recognized for growing and stabilizing global businesses, commitment to people, strategic judgment, and efforts to advance women and promote inclusive... View Details
- 26 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Francesco Rossi (MBA 2024)
even if we must squeeze around tables that can no longer contain us all. Our inclusivity and commitment to leaving no one behind define us. In essence, being Latino is an integral part of my identity, one that I am profoundly proud of. It... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
marketing is buyer behavior," said Narayandas. From Transaction To Commitment To explain how he has come to answer question three—how to convert a customer from a transactional to a relationship orientation—Narayandas answered with a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
HBS OnBoard | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
to develop leadership skills critical for modern governance. The program is designed to build on the HBS commitment to lifelong learning while contributing to the impact of the nonprofit sector through rigorous examination of the... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
School’s need-based fellowship program. Revenue from unrestricted current use gifts decreased 2 percent to $44 million in fiscal 2023 from $45 million a year earlier. Sustaining the HBS community’s remarkable commitment to unrestricted... View Details
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
crowds' breeds convenient conformity and creativity is often lost in the process." At the other end of the intuition-analysis spectrum, R. C. Saxena opined, "I believe intuition ought not to play any part . Sincere effort to harness all the collective wisdom... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
retire but also felt a commitment to the communities that their outlets served and hoped to preserve these assets. Like so many owner-publishers around the country, the Healeys found few options: “It’s just very difficult to assemble the... View Details
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The Case Method Classroom | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
method teaching, Aldrich Hall represented the School’s continued commitment to this pedagogy. Led by Dean Donald K. David, HBS faculty helped design the classroom layout, and a full-size classroom prototype was constructed and tested for... View Details
- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
not something to enter lightly. You need a real, serious, sustained commitment to shoot for the pinnacle—and to defend and advance your position if you attain it." As a value proposition, luxury goods are very sensitive to timing and... View Details
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John H. McArthur | About
faculty planning during McArthur’s tenure. McArthur also committed unprecedented sums to research and course development. Under his leadership, the School carved out a reputation as a pioneer in both the pursuit of cutting-edge theories... View Details
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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online
subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization and signify your deep expertise in business in society. Learn More about what you earn What Learners are Saying The course has completely changed me today. I feel like a new person, with a new thought process, driven... View Details
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
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Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?
three-year timespan for completion creates essential momentum. Faced with the rigorous demands of day-to-day work, many executives delay pursuing executive education, thinking to themselves, "I'll just do it next year, when things settle down." View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
trading. As a result, the firm embarked upon a major growth strategy in 1971, with Fisher as one of its leading architects. From 1970 to 1983, revenues increased from $22 million to just over $470 million. In addition to supporting Morgan Stanley's View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Tricia Gregg
Achieving transformative impact has been much discussed by social entrepreneurs, funders, and consultants. These discussions have focused on issues of increasing impact and scale, but often with no clear distinction between the two terms. In order to provide clarity,... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Performance Efficiency; Growth and Development; Outcome or Result; Strategy
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Tricia Gregg. "Zig-Zagging Your Way to Transformative Impact." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-062, January 2018.